Catholic Bishops kick against GMOs

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Don Blunt 12 years ago

Thank you, Bishops.
Let's hope our Politicians have enough brains to understand what you are talking about

Thank you, Bishops.
Let's hope our Politicians have enough brains to understand what you are talking about
Krikri,, 12 years ago

The MPs and a few selfish technocrats are pushing this GMO foods in return for a few millions of US$ in their foreign accounts. Catholic Bishops pls intensify your battle. We support you

The MPs and a few selfish technocrats are pushing this GMO foods in return for a few millions of US$ in their foreign accounts. Catholic Bishops pls intensify your battle. We support you
Nana_Los Angeles 12 years ago

Please do not adopt American culture into our country. They are a capitalist nation living in a cycle of destruction. People eat GMO products for the fast food industry to make billions of dollars. When the people get termina ...
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Please do not adopt American culture into our country. They are a capitalist nation living in a cycle of destruction. People eat GMO products for the fast food industry to make billions of dollars. When the people get terminally ill after years of eating the junk, they go to the hospital,and the hospitals makes billions of dollars. Doctors get the people permanently hooked on prescription drugs, and the pharmaceutical companies make billions. When the people die a painful death, the Internal Revenue service taxes their estate and takes their money. They make billions. That is the American way. It's all about making money at all cost. Forget about the people's welfare. That is not the African way. Those at companies (like Monsanto) that own patents to the GMO seeds never eat their own foods. They only eat organic foods. I implore you Ghana government, do not be sucked into this recklessly greedy and destructive mentality.
Nana 12 years ago

God bless you for speaking for the ordinary Ghanaian. Our politicians, led by oteng Adjei and others, sell us for a mess of porridge. Thank you for being the voice for the oppressed, the down-trodden and the sought after slav ...
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God bless you for speaking for the ordinary Ghanaian. Our politicians, led by oteng Adjei and others, sell us for a mess of porridge. Thank you for being the voice for the oppressed, the down-trodden and the sought after slave. US and the GM companies want to openly enslave us and if they can't they will kill us with GMO poison. See Al jazeera documentary on the killing effects of GMO in Argentina.
JOHN SAMSON 12 years ago

GM is not a religion, everything change as time goes on. Fertilize is GM, the seedless tomatoes we been eating are all GM. The millet that is grown in the north is all GM.
Everybody has been eating GM food over 50 years in g ...
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GM is not a religion, everything change as time goes on. Fertilize is GM, the seedless tomatoes we been eating are all GM. The millet that is grown in the north is all GM.
Everybody has been eating GM food over 50 years in ghana.
Upland rice is GM. If you take any crop which normal we grow in water and grow out of water, that crop turn GM. Its nothing new for Bishops to be talking about. Where are their bible, preach the bible not crops.
GM is not the church were change will close all churches. The can maintain Jusus human will not die but go a and sit down with god.
Jusus is on holiday for 2013 years and we are still waiting for him to come back. 2013 years oldman to come back and speak god language which no christine understands. Its a shame to continue misleading people.
BRAY 12 years ago

These are bishop GM to belief in something that Jusus son of Mary dead on the cross, GM again to belief that dead man wake up and had food with his followers. If body is no GM how can you belief in such a thing. Why do they t ...
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These are bishop GM to belief in something that Jusus son of Mary dead on the cross, GM again to belief that dead man wake up and had food with his followers. If body is no GM how can you belief in such a thing. Why do they think Jusus didnt want people to leave only, when his work was to preach people. When GM to turn to something else from the original one. As they turn away from what he Jusus was preaching. Why should we not eat GM food when the bishop dont have prove that they are not good. You stop things because you dont know them. The bible is against things and talks like that.
Don Blunt 12 years ago

The fact that many physically challenged people are using wheel chairs is not a good reason for you to get one leg amputated, and to replace it with an artificial limb.

Why do you need GM crops in a country where produced ...
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The fact that many physically challenged people are using wheel chairs is not a good reason for you to get one leg amputated, and to replace it with an artificial limb.

Why do you need GM crops in a country where produced foodstuff rot along the roadside, waiting for unavailable transportation?

The only sensible approach would be to first solve the transportation problems, and get the food to the market.

Your ignorant cacophony here does not mention the immense amount of herbicides and other chemicals needed for a successful production of the GM foods. These chemicals have negative side effects, and should be kept out of reach from Ghanaian farmers, just like drugs should be kept away from little children.
Do you know also, that the farmers have to buy the GM seeds from Monsanto et al every year, or planting season?
mckeens 12 years ago

If only our MPs would not be so corrupt as to forget their parent's efforts to pay their school fees from the local crops that they cultivated over the years! But for the sake of money they will readily accept a few pesewas f ...
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If only our MPs would not be so corrupt as to forget their parent's efforts to pay their school fees from the local crops that they cultivated over the years! But for the sake of money they will readily accept a few pesewas for their Bank Accounts to allow Multinationals to milk Ghana dry. God save Ghana!
AKONFEM JDM ATOPAHENE 12 years ago

MAHAMA IS IG CORRUPT IN GHANA HISTORY,THANA IS RICH BUT THE PEOPLE ARE POOR,INFACT MAHAMA IS A BIG DOG,EVIL AND FOOOL,PERIOD

MAHAMA IS IG CORRUPT IN GHANA HISTORY,THANA IS RICH BUT THE PEOPLE ARE POOR,INFACT MAHAMA IS A BIG DOG,EVIL AND FOOOL,PERIOD
Dr clememt 12 years ago

Forget about these calabule bishops

Forget about these calabule bishops

mckeens 12 years ago

My friend, think before you talk. What is the evil that you see in what those Bishops are putting across? With xters like you, where does Ghana stand?

My friend, think before you talk. What is the evil that you see in what those Bishops are putting across? With xters like you, where does Ghana stand?
mckeens 12 years ago

You don't agree with him, good and fine! Thai is not the issue at stake. try to get it right, ok?

You don't agree with him, good and fine! Thai is not the issue at stake. try to get it right, ok?
DR. SAM 12 years ago

ONE OF THE FEW GOOD THINGS LEFT IN GHANA THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PERVERTED FROM THE WEST IS AGRICULTURE-I THINK GHANA MUST NEVER ALLOW GENETIC MODIFIED FOOD IN THE COUNTRY THE LONG TERM PROBLEMS ARE FAR GREATER THAN THE BENEFITS ...
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ONE OF THE FEW GOOD THINGS LEFT IN GHANA THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PERVERTED FROM THE WEST IS AGRICULTURE-I THINK GHANA MUST NEVER ALLOW GENETIC MODIFIED FOOD IN THE COUNTRY THE LONG TERM PROBLEMS ARE FAR GREATER THAN THE BENEFITS THINK OF YOUR CHILDREN!
PapaP 12 years ago

About 60% of our real natural healthy food produced annually go to waste due to:
1. Poor farming technology and tools
2. Lack of roads
3. Lack of markets to get good prices for our farmers
Which of these will GMO foods so ...
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About 60% of our real natural healthy food produced annually go to waste due to:
1. Poor farming technology and tools
2. Lack of roads
3. Lack of markets to get good prices for our farmers
Which of these will GMO foods solve. We do not have food shortage problem in Ghana. Tell them to open their markets for our Agricultural products and assist us with tools and technology to feed the world with real organic food. What HUMAN BEINGS were made to eat for thousands of years!
Victor A. Young 12 years ago

With approx. 50% of our population engaged in farming, we don't need GMOs in producing our agriculture and crop production. We don't have to follow blindly. No, we don't need to do that!

With approx. 50% of our population engaged in farming, we don't need GMOs in producing our agriculture and crop production. We don't have to follow blindly. No, we don't need to do that!
Oppong Kyekyeku 12 years ago

What advice has this government ever heeded to? They will duly it against all odds!

What advice has this government ever heeded to? They will duly it against all odds!
Me 12 years ago

I don't understand why Ghanaians have become so arrogant and uncivilized.Need I remind the idiots talking nonsense here that Ghana as a Country import even water and toothpicks? This assumption that our voice count for anythi ...
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I don't understand why Ghanaians have become so arrogant and uncivilized.Need I remind the idiots talking nonsense here that Ghana as a Country import even water and toothpicks? This assumption that our voice count for anything is absurd.How can we have any voice when we have reduced Ghana into a begger State?I wish each Ghanaian will get a chance to witness as I have our leaders grovel for scraps in our name and all that arrogance will be melted away.
danny 12 years ago

What exactly is your point?

What exactly is your point?
Atopahene 12 years ago

The point is Ghanaians need to start providing for ourselves or stop complaining so much.

The point is Ghanaians need to start providing for ourselves or stop complaining so much.
Don Blunt 12 years ago

Are Ghanains begging for the introduction of GM crops?

Are Ghanains begging for the introduction of GM crops?

sonkofa 12 years ago

We still have good people like this Rev. It means that there is still hope. I'm a muslim but I'm 100% in agreement with this humble man.My the Peace of Almighty God be onto us all. My weight was 135 lbs when I came to Ameri ...
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We still have good people like this Rev. It means that there is still hope. I'm a muslim but I'm 100% in agreement with this humble man.My the Peace of Almighty God be onto us all. My weight was 135 lbs when I came to America in 1997 but now I weigh 185 because of junk food. LOL.
OwusuP 12 years ago

REV,YOUR JOB IS WITH THE MORALITY OF THE PEOPLE NOT NATIONAL POLICIES.OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK FROM ORGANIZED FOREIGN GAY ADVOCACY GROUPS TRYING TO IMPOSE THIS ABNORMAL LIFESTYLE ON US YET I DON'T HEAR YOU SAYING OR DOING ...
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REV,YOUR JOB IS WITH THE MORALITY OF THE PEOPLE NOT NATIONAL POLICIES.OUR COUNTRY IS UNDER ATTACK FROM ORGANIZED FOREIGN GAY ADVOCACY GROUPS TRYING TO IMPOSE THIS ABNORMAL LIFESTYLE ON US YET I DON'T HEAR YOU SAYING OR DOING ANYTHING TO COUNTER THEM.YOUR SILENCE AND INACTIVITY ON THAT FRONT IS A DISCREDIT TO YOUR ROBE AND A DISGRACEFUL COWARDLY ATTITUDE ON YOUR PART.WE CAN'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO SAY UNTIL YOU TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE INTENSE HOMOSEXUAL ADVOCACY INFRINGEMENT OF OUR SOULS.
danny 12 years ago

There is no logic in your piece!What is the link between GM food and homosexuality?

There is no logic in your piece!What is the link between GM food and homosexuality?
Allan 12 years ago

You are right on point there Owisup,I don't know when it became permissible for religious leaders to delve into politics and state affairs.They should focus on dealing with the rampant charlatans taking advantage of their par ...
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You are right on point there Owisup,I don't know when it became permissible for religious leaders to delve into politics and state affairs.They should focus on dealing with the rampant charlatans taking advantage of their parishioners.
Ojam 12 years ago

The Church is advised to stay away from politics and remain the voice of morality instead of being spokespeople for or against products.

The Church is advised to stay away from politics and remain the voice of morality instead of being spokespeople for or against products.
Kofi 12 years ago

Yes because citizens of the country do not include leaders of the church, right? How many times haven't you heard of the church partnering with the state for development?

Yes because citizens of the country do not include leaders of the church, right? How many times haven't you heard of the church partnering with the state for development?
Pythagoras 12 years ago

OwusuP, the Bishops are also Ghanaians so they are free to comment on national policies in addition to their core spiritual/moral duties. As for their opposition to gayism, let me refer you to an issue of the Daily Graphic of ...
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OwusuP, the Bishops are also Ghanaians so they are free to comment on national policies in addition to their core spiritual/moral duties. As for their opposition to gayism, let me refer you to an issue of the Daily Graphic of February 2013 (also in the internet)in which this very Bishop wrote a long article explaining the Churches stand on the subject. So you see they have not been silent or inactive as you were thinking.
boss 12 years ago

Annoying when people talk about stuff they have no idea about. Food security is an issue in Ghana and if anybody thinks differently,then that person is leaving in a dreams land. Instead looking up the scientific data on GMOs, ...
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Annoying when people talk about stuff they have no idea about. Food security is an issue in Ghana and if anybody thinks differently,then that person is leaving in a dreams land. Instead looking up the scientific data on GMOs, the bishops and others just get up and blow their horn. Pretty stupid. There are tons of reserch on this and it has been scientifically accepted after years of research that GMOs do not pose a risk to humans. Argue scientifically and stop these stomach arguments.
danny 12 years ago

So why is the advanced world not so keen on GM food?

So why is the advanced world not so keen on GM food?
Abedwa 12 years ago

You seem to be under the impression that the so called "advanced world" is always right.What is wrong with us going through the educating process of figuring for ourselves why we shouldn't use genetically modified food.

You seem to be under the impression that the so called "advanced world" is always right.What is wrong with us going through the educating process of figuring for ourselves why we shouldn't use genetically modified food.

PAAPA 12 years ago

STOP TALKING FROM YOUR ASS.WE ARE NOT PART OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD AND OUR FOOD SECURITY IS ASOLUTELY DIFFERENT FROM THEIRS.IF GM FOOD CAN BE MADE SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION OUR DECISION TO USE IT SHOULDN'T BE BASED ON WHAT OTHERS I ...
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STOP TALKING FROM YOUR ASS.WE ARE NOT PART OF THE DEVELOPED WORLD AND OUR FOOD SECURITY IS ASOLUTELY DIFFERENT FROM THEIRS.IF GM FOOD CAN BE MADE SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION OUR DECISION TO USE IT SHOULDN'T BE BASED ON WHAT OTHERS IN THE ADVANCED WORLD IS DOING.
danny 12 years ago

You are an idiot!

You are an idiot!
KEN 12 years ago

You should get out of your cave and travel to south america and see what is happening on the farm ,IT is backward cave dwellers like you that monsanto bribe to get their poison on our street,

You should get out of your cave and travel to south america and see what is happening on the farm ,IT is backward cave dwellers like you that monsanto bribe to get their poison on our street,
BRO DAN- TRC 12 years ago

BLESSED ONE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD; YEA,HUMANITY; DEATH AND LIFE ARE -NOT- THE SAME. THEREFORE AMERICA AND THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD -MUST- REJECT THE "PRISM" SECRET MARK OF THE BEAST PROGRAM PREPARED BY -"THE WORKERS OF ...
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BLESSED ONE OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD; YEA,HUMANITY; DEATH AND LIFE ARE -NOT- THE SAME. THEREFORE AMERICA AND THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD -MUST- REJECT THE "PRISM" SECRET MARK OF THE BEAST PROGRAM PREPARED BY -"THE WORKERS OF INIQUITY" FOR NO SINGLE NATION BUT THE WHOLE OF -HUMANITY. FOR WHICH REASON, EVEN -THE CONCLAVE, VATICAN, UNITED NATIONS, EU DELEGATES, HEADS OF MANY NATIONS OF THE WORLD, DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN AMERICA, AND AMERICA AS A NATION HAVE FALLEN -PREY- TO MR. BARACK "PRISM" OBAMA'S GLOBAL LAWLESSNESS!!! HUMANITY; YEA, ELECT OF GOD ON ALL NATIONS, LIKE "JOHN THE BAPTIST" OR "ELIJAH" HAVE I MADE ANOTHER STATE SECRET PLAIN. BUT HUMANITY, "DON'T FEAR HUU!!! FOR IT IS WRITTEN, "OCCUPY TILL I COME". SELAH.
TOGETHER, WE CAN! WITH GOD, WE CAN! GOD BLESS AFRICA AND HUMANITY TO "BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE" AND CHOOSE -LIFE- BY REJECTING THE "PRISM" MARK OF THE BEAST SECRET PROGRAM!!! GOD BLESS THE BISHOPS OF CATHOLICS WHO HAVE STOOD "STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE" TO THE DEFENSE OF PRECIOUS LIVES ON EARTH. AND, GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA.
NOTE
REGARDS TO GHANAWEB. AND -GYE NYAME RADIO.
zion 12 years ago

evil policy.may the idea fail in Jesus name Amen.

evil policy.may the idea fail in Jesus name Amen.
HABLUTA SENYO 12 years ago

IF DR.KWAME NKRUMAH WERE TO BE ALIVE HE
WILL SAY BIG NO.THE WESTERNERS WANTS MAKE AFRICA FARMERS A SLAVE AFTER ALL GHANAIANS ARE NOT STAVING LET US KEEP OUR TRADITION TO OUR OWN INTEREST.FORGET ABOUT THE CATHOLIC.OLD MEN WIT ...
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IF DR.KWAME NKRUMAH WERE TO BE ALIVE HE
WILL SAY BIG NO.THE WESTERNERS WANTS MAKE AFRICA FARMERS A SLAVE AFTER ALL GHANAIANS ARE NOT STAVING LET US KEEP OUR TRADITION TO OUR OWN INTEREST.FORGET ABOUT THE CATHOLIC.OLD MEN WITH BIG DIGS WHO REFUSED TO MARY WOMEN.TURNS ROUND AND DO IT WITH SMALL BOY DESERVES NO TRUST.
Ato 12 years ago

This stupid government will bring stupid idea to harm innocent people

This stupid government will bring stupid idea to harm innocent people
jake 12 years ago

Same as the Jews were immigrating from Egypt. Any form of food that can feed millions MUST be welcomed.

Same as the Jews were immigrating from Egypt. Any form of food that can feed millions MUST be welcomed.
oyinasky 12 years ago

those talking nonsense about GMOs make me sad. Someone said earlier that there no GMO food currently in Ghana .this pure ignorance. Does he know that corn from IOWA used in making the cornflakes that his children eat every mo ...
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those talking nonsense about GMOs make me sad. Someone said earlier that there no GMO food currently in Ghana .this pure ignorance. Does he know that corn from IOWA used in making the cornflakes that his children eat every morning before going to school is GNO?
Don Blunt 12 years ago

Sorry you do not want to understand the real problems. And please stop insulting people who think differently about the subject. Nobody is talking nonsense.
Our traditional farmers will not be in the position to buy Monsanto ...
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Sorry you do not want to understand the real problems. And please stop insulting people who think differently about the subject. Nobody is talking nonsense.
Our traditional farmers will not be in the position to buy Monsanto Tomato seedlings to cultivate. It is not viable to cultivate an area less than half a hectare, which means you need mechanized farming. In my village, nobody possesses such a vast plot of farm land, neither a tractor.
Please visit a corn farm in IOWA, and see for yourself, how large those farms are.
The few farmers who will be planting GM foods will need to spray a lot of herbicides and other chemicals which will destroy the traditional crops, in addition to poisoning the environment as time goes on. I doubt whether our farmers can apply those chemicals as responsibly as required by the manufacturers. How are the farmers going to be schooled on how to handle accident cases with those chemicals.
All this must be taken into consideration. It is not a matter of whether GM foods are unhealthy or whatever.

But the most fundamental question to be asked is why we think we need the GM crops, when our main problem is not the availability of the foodstuff, but rather that of transportation.
Koti 12 years ago

Russian's president Putin, who doesn't have to be held in Monsanto's evil tentacles (like Barack H. Obama is...he's Monsanto's man, just like our own Kofi Annan) will listen to his scientists.

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Russian's president Putin, who doesn't have to be held in Monsanto's evil tentacles (like Barack H. Obama is...he's Monsanto's man, just like our own Kofi Annan) will listen to his scientists.

The whole idea behind Monsanto's drive to genetically modify humans through the food they eat (and eventually kill them) is this Malthusian idea that the planet is getting overpopulated. So they want to feed people the crap that they make/research so as to eventually play their part in reducing world population, while destroying communities, the soil and the ecosystem in the process.

In this case, the conservative stance taken by the Catholic Bishops is a stance in the interest of life, and in the interest of the well-being of the country's people.

Those who are nay-saying the Rt Rev Bishop Dr Joseph Osei Bonsu are just ignorant.

rt.com/news/gmo-ban-russian-scientists-293/
ATOPLANS 12 years ago

man of god,have u got any idea of where all these traders import there foods from and how they are produce.what they import is what we went to grow.is it wrong or u are payed to talk.i will advice u to stop the importers.

man of god,have u got any idea of where all these traders import there foods from and how they are produce.what they import is what we went to grow.is it wrong or u are payed to talk.i will advice u to stop the importers.
di carlo 12 years ago

100% organic is the way forward,GMO and chemicals in food causing so much side effects to include the rise of death caused by cancer.Our body is organic and can only assimilate organic food to nourish and even heal the body.

100% organic is the way forward,GMO and chemicals in food causing so much side effects to include the rise of death caused by cancer.Our body is organic and can only assimilate organic food to nourish and even heal the body.
Cynthia 12 years ago

Bishops

Bishops
STEVE 12 years ago

In my opinion, Ghana must discard GMO's entirely. The side effects are too grave and not secure for consumption.We have cultivated all these years naturally, and why now. The West must not force us on the issue of GMO. The sa ...
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In my opinion, Ghana must discard GMO's entirely. The side effects are too grave and not secure for consumption.We have cultivated all these years naturally, and why now. The West must not force us on the issue of GMO. The same happened to diseases like IMOLA & AIDS. These were biological weapons produced by the USA and tested in Africa. Our leaders must learn and bear in mind the same people will preach to the world that diseases from the side effects really emerged from Africa. Hands off GMO before is too late. I urge all Ghanaians to kick against it.
Ganyo 12 years ago

They also kicked against the introduction of condoms.

They also kicked against the introduction of condoms.
True Ghanaian 12 years ago

The fact is that Politicians ONLY think of what they can get now…That is what I call the Esau syndrome.
ORGANIC all the way….May the God we serve rain down curses on all these politicians trying to introduce GMOs into th ...
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The fact is that Politicians ONLY think of what they can get now…That is what I call the Esau syndrome.
ORGANIC all the way….May the God we serve rain down curses on all these politicians trying to introduce GMOs into the country.
VICKY LEE BENTON 12 years ago

WHAT MADE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ? YOU WERE ADVOCATING FOR IT. HOW MUCH DID THEY PAY YOU TO COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF IT ? AFTER GETTING ALL THE BASHING, YOU MADE A U-TURN.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU PEDOPHILES MAKE ME PUKE, WHEN I SEE YO ...
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WHAT MADE YOU CHANGED YOUR MIND ? YOU WERE ADVOCATING FOR IT. HOW MUCH DID THEY PAY YOU TO COME OUT IN SUPPORT OF IT ? AFTER GETTING ALL THE BASHING, YOU MADE A U-TURN.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU PEDOPHILES MAKE ME PUKE, WHEN I SEE YOUR TYPE WITH YOUR STUPID OUTFITS, CALLING YOURSELF A MAN OF GOD!
I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH THESE WESTERNERS PAID YOU, AND WHY YOU'VE CHANGED MIND ALL OF A SUDDEN ?
GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN THE WHITES USED US AS ANIMALS BY EXPERIMENTING THEIR DRUGS TO SEE THE REACTION BEFORE THEY USE IT ON THEIR PEOPLE. WE ARE ARE NOT STUPIND ANYMORE.
THEY ARE TRYING TO EXTINGUISH US ON THE PLANNET. BECAUSE THEY ARE BEGINNING TO FACE SOME CATASTROPHIIC DRAUGHTS AND AFRICA AND THE REST OF THE THIRD WORLD ARE GOING TO BE THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEYS. EVEN THE DESSERTS ARE GOING TO BE FERTILE. THEIR OWN SCIENTISTS HAVE PREDICTED IT.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE RICH FARMERS HAVE STARTED BUYING WASTE LANDS ALL OVER THE WORLD, PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE BUYING THEM BUT THIS IS THE REASON WHY THEY ARE DOING IT.
IT IS NOT ONLY CHILDREN THAT ARE GETTING SICK, THEIR ADULTS TOO. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF DISEASES IN THE U.S. THAN ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BECAUSE OF G.M.O'S WHY DON'T YOU ASK THEM WHY THEY DON'T STAY IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY ? WE HAVEN'T ASKED THEM FOR FOOD, SO WHY ARE THEY IN GHANA ? WE ARE NOT STARVING ?
WE WILL RATHER BE KILLED BY FEMININE THAN CANCER.
YOU FOOL, WHEN YOU SEE THE WHITE MEN, DON'T YOU DARE THINK YOU'VE SEEN GOD BUT THINK ABOUT THE DEVIL !
Kofi 12 years ago

You probably did not understand what the issue was about. Please, take your time and read what the Bishops said or better still get someone who is literate to read and explain it to you.

You probably did not understand what the issue was about. Please, take your time and read what the Bishops said or better still get someone who is literate to read and explain it to you.
sam 12 years ago

I shake my head in shame when position statements like this one is made by persons who are suppose to know better.
They claim some children in America are suffering from this GMO. Where is the evidence to support their clai ...
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I shake my head in shame when position statements like this one is made by persons who are suppose to know better.
They claim some children in America are suffering from this GMO. Where is the evidence to support their claim. Do they know what is found in all the food we import from China ? the chicken from Brazil ? Have we thoroughly looked into the scientific date ? Do we know why the europeans as usual are pushing against it ?
Lord have mercy.
DONBOLI 12 years ago

These bishops should stop lying to ghanaians, who says GM crops are harmful. The fertilizes used in our farmers are they natural in our crops.
These bishops should continue misleading with Jusus not crops. These are people w ...
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These bishops should stop lying to ghanaians, who says GM crops are harmful. The fertilizes used in our farmers are they natural in our crops.
These bishops should continue misleading with Jusus not crops. These are people who say a human would not die, yet saying the should eat GM food.
The day these bishops will ever tell the truth, that will the day the will say every God creation will come and go in is world.
These are people who believe Jusus wasnt a human being, who never eats food and who will not die.
We have to listening to them because the common truth cant come from them.
Where is Jusus going to spend his christmas is year. Who is Jusus sharing his present with.
I know the answer, Dead people dont spend christmas and dont share presents. They have lied to us for so long.
These are the people who say God created everything in pairs. Is God a woman to be Jusus partner. No.
Jusus is dead and dead people dont come back to earth. How old will that Jusus be when he comes back, 2013 years or will never come.
pat 12 years ago

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, THE EFFECTS OF THE CONSUMPTION OF GMO FOODS ARE NOT IMMEDIATE BUT RATHER VERY LONG TERM EFFECTS WHICH WILL BE TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.......SO THE FACT THAT U ATE AND DIDNT SEE IMMEDIATE REACTION ...
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PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, THE EFFECTS OF THE CONSUMPTION OF GMO FOODS ARE NOT IMMEDIATE BUT RATHER VERY LONG TERM EFFECTS WHICH WILL BE TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.......SO THE FACT THAT U ATE AND DIDNT SEE IMMEDIATE REACTION DOES NOT MAKE IT HARMLESS AT ALL......FACT IS THAT SOME COUNTRIES MAY EAT THE PRODUCTS DUE TO CROSS BOARDER TRADE, MOST COUNTRIES HAVE CHOSEN NOT NOT TO ALLOW THEIR FARMERS TO GROW THEM SO THAT THE NATURAL CROPS WILL REMAIN INTACT FOR SUCH COUNTRIES AND ALSO TO AVOID LOSING THEIR NATURAL CROPS TO GMO CROPS WHICH ARE FAR FAR INFERIOR TO THE NATURAL ONES...AND MIND U, THE NATURAL ONES HAVE LOTS OF INBUILT-NATURAL-CAPACITY FOR PREVENTIVE HEALTH BENEFITS, THAT IS, THE NATURAL ONES CAN PREVENT NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES LIKE HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, STROKES, FIBROID, CANCERS, IMPOTENCE, STERILITY, BARRENNESS,.....SO U SEE THE BENEFITS ARE SO MANY AND INVALUABLE....NO WONDER PRINCE CHARLES OF BRITAIN IS KNOWN ON RECORD TO BE A STRONG ADVOCATE AGAINST GMO PRODUCTS.
ADONGO EMMA 12 years ago

If GM was killing all ghanaians would have been dead my now. Can anybody remember how groundnt use to taste and look like? Tomatoes with no seeds in them, cocoa with fertilize, maize white and yellow.
Advancement in farming ...
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If GM was killing all ghanaians would have been dead my now. Can anybody remember how groundnt use to taste and look like? Tomatoes with no seeds in them, cocoa with fertilize, maize white and yellow.
Advancement in farming is what is call GM. These crop are planted in condition that they are not normal planted. Its not that is chemical are added, it a selection of a seeds put in different conditions, like growing rice with less water.
Normal when you grow something like maize you select some particular ones which you use next year. The best you select the best you get good harvest. That selection is GM because next time the seeds you didnt select will never grow. As time goes on you will be having different seeds from the you grew ten years ago. Prince is is saying every seed is good and there is no need in selecting.
Its not the case everywhere, we have to select our seeds to have good harvest. If you plant corn in you farm and halh of is ready for harvest and the other half is try one month longer, next year will you be growing the one which is taking longer. No you would, thats is GM. Selecting the best of what you got to improve you harvest.
Upland rice are GM by nature and every crop goes thru that. Fertilizer is what people should be avoiding, yet we use it in all our farming in ghana. When you put fertilizer on any crop the crop is GM, its grows different from if you dont put fertilizer.
GM is nothing new, its mass cultivation and good harvest it is. Every crop is Organic crop or GM. Organic is when you dont add any thing or take away anything fron a plant, you dont even water the you relay on god rain.
Everybody one day will cancer or simething else and die. People shouldnt be afraid of GM.
GM mangoes were introduced into ghana is the 60s, these were short but produce big mangoes. Whatever seed people call agric means modified genetics seeds. This modification has be going on in ghana since 1950s and they are still modifying up to date.
Dont listen to bible man his job is to read the bible and tell us what was said after Jusus
dead. These are people telling us the bible was written after the death of Jusus, but when you ask them if Jusus is dead the say no, but say the bible was written after his death. Dont belief a word they say.
awuni Douglas 12 years ago

I support the bishops idea

I support the bishops idea
MORKEH-NYANN (Axim/USA) 12 years ago

GHANA SHOULD STOP THE NONSENSE OF GMOs (disease manufacturing) AND GO BACK TO THE NRC'S (ex-Acheampong's) "OPERATION FEED YOURSELF"PROGRAM.

GHANA SHOULD STOP THE NONSENSE OF GMOs (disease manufacturing) AND GO BACK TO THE NRC'S (ex-Acheampong's) "OPERATION FEED YOURSELF"PROGRAM.
pat 12 years ago

GMOS LACK WHAT WE BENEFIT FROM THE NATURAL ORGANIC FOODS WE HAVE ......THE NATURAL ORGNAIC FOODS ARE VERY GOOD PROMOTERS OF OUR HEALTH please, please, please, the effects of the consumption of gmo foods are not immediate but ...
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GMOS LACK WHAT WE BENEFIT FROM THE NATURAL ORGANIC FOODS WE HAVE ......THE NATURAL ORGNAIC FOODS ARE VERY GOOD PROMOTERS OF OUR HEALTH please, please, please, the effects of the consumption of gmo foods are not immediate but rather very long term effects which will be too late to do anything about.......so the fact that u ate and didnt see immediate reaction does not make it harmless at all......fact is that some countries may eat the products due to cross boarder trade, most countries have chosen not not to allow their farmers to grow them so that the natural crops will remain intact for such countries and also to avoid losing their natural crops to gmo crops which are far far inferior to the natural ones...and mind u, the natural ones have lots of inbuilt-natural-capacity for preventive health benefits, that is, the natural ones can prevent noncommunicable diseases like hypertension, diabetes, strokes, fibroid, cancers, impotence, sterility, barrenness,.....so u see the benefits are so many and invaluable....no wonder prince charles of britain is known on record to be a strong advocate against gmo products.
Odasanibi 12 years ago

Helloo fellow Ghanaians, can the government come out with how food we produce annually and how much go to waste due to Bad roads, Poor storage facilities, old farming techniques and fertilizers and so on and so forth.
We don ...
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Helloo fellow Ghanaians, can the government come out with how food we produce annually and how much go to waste due to Bad roads, Poor storage facilities, old farming techniques and fertilizers and so on and so forth.
We don't need GMOs that are going to bring havoc on the citizens down the road, when we have available arable lands for cultivation. The government should help farmers in the country to cultivate, come out with storage facilities, repair the road network and also arrange with government institutions that will buy these foodstuffs so they do not go to waste!! GMOs= DISEASES!!
The Truth Floats 12 years ago

Friends show each other the best way to tread. I like this Catholic Bishop, Most Rev. Joseph Osei-Bonsu, for his honesty and love for the country. I have nothing to give him and people like him than to tell him to quit his pr ...
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Friends show each other the best way to tread. I like this Catholic Bishop, Most Rev. Joseph Osei-Bonsu, for his honesty and love for the country. I have nothing to give him and people like him than to tell him to quit his present religion and position and join Islam.
Parco,USA 12 years ago

Hey,I'm not catholic but the Bishop is very right,Don't ever follow this people in so called developed countries.They are not truthful,they will sell you anything even if it will kill you.Ghana,please never take this practice ...
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Hey,I'm not catholic but the Bishop is very right,Don't ever follow this people in so called developed countries.They are not truthful,they will sell you anything even if it will kill you.Ghana,please never take this practice of GMO food in this country.There are very strange diseases in the western countries that are costing their governments millions of dollars without any solutions to them.They are liars,NDC government....PLEASE,DON'T listen to these white men...they are most corrupt,selfish and greedy than black men.Listen to the people of Ghana and ignore the white man.They are self centered people and big time hypocrite people,their countries will collapse in about 5-8 years.mark my words.
BOB TEMA 12 years ago

CORRUPT MAHAMA AND HIS USELESS NDC GOVT WILL BRING IN GMOs TO KILLED PEOPLE IN GH.

CORRUPT MAHAMA AND HIS USELESS NDC GOVT WILL BRING IN GMOs TO KILLED PEOPLE IN GH.
Analyst 12 years ago

The GMO debate has not been honestly conducted by the scientific fraternity in Ghana. They seem to be harping the so-called benefits of GMOs without considering the dangers they pose to health, the environment and the farmin ...
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The GMO debate has not been honestly conducted by the scientific fraternity in Ghana. They seem to be harping the so-called benefits of GMOs without considering the dangers they pose to health, the environment and the farming vocation in the long run.
The serious nature of the problem is that it will take a whole generation when it will be too late to fully understand the extent of harm they pose.
It will mean farmers will have to perpetually be dependent on seeds supply because harvested GMOs cannot be replanted.
Does it not give us a clue as to the safety of GMOs when insects reject it? This is what is touted as GMOs being insect-resistant.
I think the Bishops are making a lot of sense in calling for caution.
black osei 12 years ago

GMO / PAPACY

GMO / PAPACY
black osei 12 years ago

WHY IS THE DEVIL FIGHTIN EVIL

WHY IS THE DEVIL FIGHTIN EVIL
Mr. Gyasi Toni 12 years ago

Oh Ghanaian leaders. What I've realized is that they are too short sited when posed with matters that need critical analysis. The whites will wrap a message, idea, product etc. with a very beautiful and appealing package. Ins ...
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Oh Ghanaian leaders. What I've realized is that they are too short sited when posed with matters that need critical analysis. The whites will wrap a message, idea, product etc. with a very beautiful and appealing package. Inside is a long term sorrow and regretful brand(toxic) that shortens life. For how long would we be children in mind for the whites. if the whites were to be owners of our land they would never accept G.M.O. no matter its short term help because the long side effect is far disastrous. I'm not here to play politics. i love my country. i love sound health and i love long life. We choose worse situations where all available good resources are not available. But here we are in a continent with a very blessed fertile land. Most aggro-chemicals today used on our produce are creating a whole lots of diseases: liver problems, kidney problems, to mention but a few, let alone advancing to Genetically modified foods. Bet me if our leaders do not look at the other side of the story, Cancer and many other Chronic diseases are going to prevail and these same governments are going to use precious money to buy drugs from the very white men who brought the idea of G.M.Os.
Canadasheabutter(GhUWR) @ Abudu ibn a 12 years ago

THIS A VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUE 7 WE APPLUAD THE CHRISTIAN COUNCIL FOR THEIR SOLIDARITY.

JUST SAY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TO GENETIC MODIFIED FOODS IN ALL ITS FORMS , GHANA DON'T NEED ANY STUDY TO DETERMINE ITS VIABILITY. ...
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THIS A VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL ISSUE 7 WE APPLUAD THE CHRISTIAN COUNCIL FOR THEIR SOLIDARITY.

JUST SAY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TO GENETIC MODIFIED FOODS IN ALL ITS FORMS , GHANA DON'T NEED ANY STUDY TO DETERMINE ITS VIABILITY.

THE MEDIA GIANTS LIKE BAAKO, PRATT SHOULD WAKE UP EDUCATE THE & GALVANIZE DISGUST OF THE NDC GOV'T GOING TO BED WITH PROSTITUTES TO ENDANGER GHANAIAN LIFES -----------CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

ARGENTINES DID BURNED DOWN HEADOFFICE AND CAUSED HAVOC , THIS WHAT GHANA NEEDS.

WHILES THE SILENCE OF THE MUSLEM COMMUNITY IN GHANA SILENT ON SUCH VITAL IMMORAL ISSUE THAT SHALL AFFECT GHANAIAN LIFES
kwame 12 years ago

the suggestion is such an appreciable one

the suggestion is such an appreciable one

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